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Campus Life

Engineering technologists plug in to the business of IT

Feb 27, 2015 / 9:12 am

Okanagan College Media Release Information Technology (IT) managers increasingly have the ear of senior management and have a seat at the table when it comes...

Popular three-minute thesis contest returns to UBC campus

Feb 26, 2015 / 12:00 am

UBC Okanagan graduate Jennifer Forsythe, shown with parents Tracy and Irwin, was the winner of the Three Minute Thesis competition at Celebrate Research week...

Short list announced for Okanagan Short Fiction contest

Feb 26, 2015 / 12:00 am

More than 90 entries for 17th annual story contest It will be a tough call. A total of 93 entries were received for the 17th annual Okanagan Short Fiction...

Take it outside! Conference focuses on outdoor play

Feb 25, 2015 / 3:02 pm

Okanagan College Media Release Child’s play is serious work for a group of academics, professionals, and planners who will be gathering March 6 at Okanagan...

New awards honour aviation pioneers and help college students take flight

Feb 25, 2015 / 9:57 am

Okanagan College Media Release Students enrolled in the Commercial Aviation diploma program at Okanagan College will soon get a lift from new awards that...

UBC celebrates the research, and those who are making a difference

Feb 25, 2015 / 12:00 am

Full week of activities highlights students, professors, and projects that matter Research matters. Whether it’s a new chip on cell phones to monitor health,...

A comedic curling match with the devil takes the stage in upcoming Red Dot Players production

Feb 23, 2015 / 12:16 pm

Okanagan College Media Release What could be more Canadian than W.O. Mitchell, a curling competition with the devil set in the Prairies and curling stones that...

Okanagan College Students’ Union supports the future of trades

Feb 20, 2015 / 12:08 pm

Okanagan College Media Release The profile of Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus along KLO Road will change significantly over the next year and the Okanagan...

UBC Okanagan animal therapy program launches BARK2GO

Feb 17, 2015 / 12:00 am

Students Charlie Drummond and Christy Hui have organized BARK2GO and will station volunteers and therapy dogs in three different locations across UBC’s...

Okanagan College’s Dr. Barry McGillivray has decided to reinvest in the economy of the region that has treated him well

Feb 16, 2015 / 3:22 pm

Okanagan College Media Release Dr. Barry McGillivray, Associate Dean of the College’s School of Business, is donating $100,000 to develop a research centre at...

New Construction Craft Worker program coming to the College

Feb 16, 2015 / 9:05 am

Okanagan College Media Release The people who do the work of a Construction Craft Worker are a vital part of every construction site and team. They install...

Concussions, their effect, and return to play, topic of Science in Society Series talk

Feb 13, 2015 / 11:21 am

Okanagan College Media Release When is it safe for an athlete to return to play following a concussion? In recent years, concussions resulting from sports...

Carter family donation to enhance study space for trades students at Okanagan College

Feb 13, 2015 / 9:24 am

Okanagan College Media Release A generous gift by a local family will help support the creation of two new study spaces at Okanagan College, as part of the...

Interior Savings, UBC team up to go places never thought possible

Feb 13, 2015 / 12:00 am

Interior Saving’s Gene Creelman (left) poses with CRIS staff, Eric Rampone, Troy Becker, and Dawn Widdifield, along with UBC Okanagan’s Rebecca Frechette...

UBC presents Jay Ingram for a second night

Feb 13, 2015 / 12:00 am

Award-winning writer and broadcaster Jay Ingram is UBC Okanagan’s next distinguished speaker. He will discuss the science of Alzheimer’s on Wednesday,...

Okanagan Heat family bids farewell to long-serving basketball coach

Feb 13, 2015 / 12:00 am

After two decades on the court, coach Semeniuk retires and hangs up the hightops Heather Semeniuk has coached UBC Okanagan’s Heat women’s basketball team...

Oline Smith Awards help college students pursue their dream careers in trades

Feb 12, 2015 / 3:54 pm

Okanagan College Media Release Knowing that the annual awards created in her name are bettering the lives of local college students would have been the...

UBC nursing students volunteer at Kelowna’s Global Village

Feb 12, 2015 / 12:00 am

A medical tent, complete with a rat, shows the stark reality of medical care in many countries around the world. Stage is set to teach elementary students how...

Daniel Boone’s character awakens in College professor’s debut novel

Feb 11, 2015 / 10:51 am

Okanagan College Media Release In her debut novel All True Not A Lie In It, released today, Kelowna-based author Dr. Alix Hawley recounts the poignant...

Christian family donation drives new student space at Okanagan College

Feb 10, 2015 / 1:34 pm

Okanagan College Media Release Students at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus will soon have a bright new gathering space thanks to a donation by a local...

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